I’ve seen people on both sides of the political divide and in different countries suggesting that some of their fellow countrypeople, their neighbors, are stupid or uneducated or gullible for falling for the crazy lies spouted by the politicians they support.
It’s crazy. If they heard such claims made against black people or devout Christians, they would go absolutely berserk at such outrageous claims. But for some reason, it’s different with those people they don’t agree with.
It’s no accident. Politicians have normalized this behavior and now, instead of being shocked and disgusted by it, we join in.
Politicians act as if they rule over the people. Like they’re better than us, with the power to do what they believe is right, not what the people want.
We need to remind ourselves that politicians are simply public servants. And not just for those who vote for them, but for all the people.
So, when Clinton described Trump supporters as “deplorables”, every American should have been outraged. She should have been instantly unelectable if she saw a significant number of Americans in such a way.
Likewise, when Biden called many Americans “garbage”, Harris and his cabinet should have used the 25th amendment to remove him from office. If a President believes he only serves some, he’s clearly gone mad, rather like inbred royalty.
And the same goes Trump calling many Americans “human scum”. Such hatred for some of the people looks more like how King George lll regarded the colonists that he ruled over.
But the politicians who serve the wealthy continue to attack the people they’re meant to serve, because they’ve found that dividing the people lets a small group rule a much bigger group.
That explains how, by Q3 2025, just 10% of Americans managed to hoard 68% of America’s wealth, while the poorest 50%, who they see as “deplorables”, “garbage” and “human scum”, share a mere 2.5% of all the wealth between them.
So, are our neighbors stupid or are we stupid for letting the wealthy play us?
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